Victorian girls. Lord Lyttelton's Daughters

Autor*innen

• Sheila Fletcher

Parameter

• Biografien & Memoiren
• Geschichte

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"Meriel, Lucy, Lavinia and May, the daughters of George, fourth Lord Lyttelton, were the nieces of the Prime Minister William Gladstone, with whose family they were on intimate terms. Their letters and diaries make it possible for us to know them and share their feelings in extraordinary detail: at home at Hagley Hall in Worcestershire and in fashionable London society; at country houses and on tours to the Continent; in the schoolroom and embarking on courtship and marriage; in happiness and in adversity. Despite having eight very successful brothers, the girls emerge in their own right as strong characters, whose piety did not inhibit their joie de vivre." "Their life was changed for ever by the death of their mother, Mary, shortly after the birth of her twelfth child in 1857. Until they married, Meriel, Lucy and Lavinia in turn had to take on the responsibility of running Hagley and all that entailed, as well as being the mistress of the house on formal occasions. They are shown as quite capable of taking responsibility and making important decisions. Lord Lyttelton's daughters provided the domestic support for their brilliant but idiosyncratic father who, as Endowed Schools Commissioner, played a major role in reforming girls' education."--Jacket

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997